When I was posting my pictures from yesterday's post, I ran across a few other pictures that I had taken of my youngest sister's baby's room. These pictures are worth posting.

The window treatments were easy to sew and relatively inexpensive. They are stationery - she has roller shades underneath them that uses daily. If you can sew a straight line, these are for you! They are simply one straight panel sewn with lining (Imagine a pillowcase). I actually left one end open (just like a pillowcase) and put the open end around the board that they are attached to). The ties are simply 3 inch wide satin ribbon. The bows were made separately (nothing fancy, just a bow like you're tying your shoe laces), then attached with a safety pin. Oh - the other great thing about these window treatments is this: since they are for decoration only, you can cheat on the amount of fabric that you use. In other words, if we took the bows off and let the fabric hang, it wouldn't cover the length of the window. So we were able to use less fabric than needed.

I think her whole room turned out darling!

(The other picture is of my older sister's little boy's room - it is a lodge theme and she has all of his cowboy boots arranged in order- from smallest to biggest - on his shelf. It is my FAVORITE thing in her house! I love it!)

Enjoy!

I can't believe I forgot to mention baby Lucy! Isn't she getting big?? She was dressed in "sherbert" in honor of her brother's ice cream birthday! Too sweet! (Landon told his mom, "I wish Lucy had been born a little after my birthday so she wouldn't get all the attention at my birthday party." Bless him!)

I scream! You scream! Ice Cream!

If you are looking for a CUTE birthday party idea, my youngest sister just had the cutest ever birthday party for her 6 year old son............an Ice Cream Party!

Mainly the kids just played in the yard (that's my kind of party, if I'm the hostess...no arranged activities!). However, she did have a few activities planned: Pin the Cherry on the Sundae (too cute...sorry, no pictures), and "Find the Cherry." Each child was given a paper plate with a cherry on it. She sprayed Whipped Cream on the plate and the kids had to find the cherry without using their hands! Too cute ! (See photos above!) They LOVED this. She served ice cream and let the children add their own sprinkles and toppings, and the cupcakes were baked in ice cream cones (again, no pics...sorry). But my favorite part of the whole party was the favors. They are sugar cones with Double Bubble bubble gum in them (see photos!). She put the gum in smaller cellophane bags and placed the bag inside of the cone, then put the cone and gum in a separate cellophane bag tied with a cute ribbon.

(And i had to add the cute picture of Mimi that Sunshine took, as well as the picture of Sunshine and my brother -her uncle- hugging on each other because, well...how could I not?!)

Hope you get some ideas from this!

Have a great day.

Thanking God today for family and birthdays! Happy Birthday, Landon!

Ghetto Martha Stewart

I don't know why I have this compulsion to air my "dirty laundry" on my blog...but I do!

Here is a picture of the mirror that I hung on AAA's wall about 3 months ago. Eventually I'm sure I'll get around to scraping the rest of the spray paint off. When I bought the mirror on sale at Kirkland's, I knew that it was the wrong color but the right size. So I bought it with the intention painting the gold frame white. I hung it on her wall for a few months with the gold frame. Eventually the gold frame quit bothering me because I had grown accustomed to it. However, company was coming...and you know what that means. Time to spruce up! So I spray-painted the mirror but never really got around to finishing the job before the company arrived. I should have just left it gold because that sure looks a whole lot worse than a gold frame!

AA had two little friends spend the night the other night. I overheard one of the girls ask AA, "WHO painted your mirror?" She replied, rather sheepishly, "My mom. Doesn't it look so messy?" Well obviously I'm not done! Surely they know that. But maybe not.

Well now I'm inspired to finish it. Maybe I'll post a picture of the finished product by the end of the week. Wait a minute...did I just say "finished project"? I thought that was an oxy moron.

I'm notorious for starting a project - or two or three - and never really finishing them. We'll see.

Cute Clips (if I do say so myself!)

One day I might have an original idea...but it won't be today.

I saw these covered clips on a blog several weeks ago. The ones I saw were covered in scrapbook paper, but I thought I'd try covering them in fabric. Turned out kind of cute.

This week is Teacher Appreciation at my children's school. I'm in charge of afternoon snacks tomorrow and thought it would be cute to serve the snacks (brownies) in little bags with a matching clip. So the teacher not only gets a snack, but she also receives a useful binder clip. I know, I know...obviously I have too much time on my hands. Actually, that's not true. I actually enjoy doing time-consuming, mindless "projects". It's my idea of fun. How sad.

So this is what you need:
binder clips from Office depot (BOGO this week)
spray glue
fabric
No-fray

Instructions:
1. Cut fabric to fit clip
2. Put No-fray on fabric edges and let dry
3. Spray backside of fabric with spray glue. Wait about 30 seconds
4. Adhere fabric to clip.
5. Tah-Dah!

Time consuming? Yes. Worth it? It's up to you.

Have a great day!